Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8383, Thomas Eastman, Continental N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N 26
Eastman, Thomas
8 8383
CONTENTS
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10.82/23. 1. Wm Hampshire
Thomas Eastman
Branton in the State of N.H. was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] for 2 years
★ N.H. Adjutant General Records completed. Oct 4/44.
Entered on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of [blank] 1832 and [blank] Died June 1832
Arrears to the 14th of [blank] 1832 $100 Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] [blank] 20
$1200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. 1. Page 83.
May 25 1847

Thomas Eastman's Application
no 21. or
15650

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Grafton -
On this sixth day of September before the Judge of the Common Pleas a resident of Wiley in the County of Grafton being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
183 2 personally appeared in open Court , now sitting Thomas E. Talcott and State of N. H. aged 76 years, who following declaration, in order to obtain the
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - to wit: 2. That in April A.D. 1775 at Hopkinton Newton for he enlisted into the company of Nathan Johnson State troops commanded by Col. John Hulse in Col. John Stark's Regiment in service United States for the term of one year immediately thereafter he entered said company & service therein from that time March A.D. 1776 enlisted into the same company for another said term of one year at a soldier - further that he in July A.D. 1777 enlisted into the company commanded by Col. Nathaniel Hastings in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Clillie Newton police troops in service United States for three months immediately thereafter entered said company & service therein last named term at a soldier, until he enlisted enlisted into the same company during the war, which he did in immediately after the battle of Bensenington - & that he served until his said last enlistment that he was stationed the first time at Winton Hill Massachusetts from that time that he was the 3 d time at Stillington in battle at Scratchy where he was wounded in the hand - that while under his 4 th engagement he was at Newton & Princeton Easton & White Plains said the battle of Monmouth that he was born at Concord N.H. Nov. 7-1755 & has no record of his said discharge as he forwarded the all to the War Department where he got on the Pension Roll as an invalid his inform from the that he never heard all informed during the late war Sullivan, Arnold, Gates, Paine & Schuyler officers in the service that he now receives a Pension at the rate of six dollars per month as an invalid & that the object of this application is to get on at a higher rate - that Caleb Smart & Elijah Smart of Shurton were out in same company with him during said last term & know of his said service and by means where the R. Certificate of said Bridge was in & Joseph Shapley's belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - that he received at Hopkinton N.H. at the time of the Revolution - since the Revolution as to the time of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that he is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
His name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of the The Second I have been given the his
Thomas Eastman & his son
Sworn to and subscribed, the day of our adjournment. Geo. W. ... Clerk
We, Person Cherry residing in Holderness N.H. and John Harriman residing in Sturminster Newton N.H. hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Eastman , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the _____ John H. Green H. Harrison
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that Person Cheney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the  Holcomb and that John Harrington , who has also signed the same is a resident in the  Plymouth and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, George Woodward Clerk of the Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Eastman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 6 th day of Sept. 1832
Robt Woodworth Clerk

H. J. S.
Mar. 20, 1906.
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Eastman, Thomas
His name appears on a list of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the district of New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 58.
Rank : Private
Regt : Col. Gilley
Disability : Dangerously wounded in the head, 19 th September, 1777, at the battle of Bemus Heights, and at intervals subject to convulsions and derangement in his mind.
Date of commencement : May 28, 1792
Monthly allowance : $1.66 2 / 3
Arrears due : $40

ad July 19, 1906 B. M. 26.

Eastman, Thomas
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 7, page 108.
Rank: Private
Regt.: Col. Gilley's
Disability: Dangerously wounded in his head which makes him subject to convulsions.
When and where disabled: Sept. 19, 1777, Bemus's Heights.
Residence: Hopkinton.
Monthly Allowance: $ 1.66 2 / 3
Arrears due: $ 40.
Remarks: Enlisted July 16, 1777, and discharged July 16, 1780.

Nov 9, 1906
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Eastman, Thomas
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feb'y 28, 1790 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 161.
Rank; Private.
Regt; Colonel Colley's; Capt. Keene's company.
Disability; So subject to fits, and a constant dizziness of the head, in consequence of a wound in his head, by a musket ball.
When and where disabled. Sept. 19, 1777, Ochsner's Heights.
Residence; Hopkinton.
Yearly pension entitled; Three-fourths.
Remarks; Enlisted July 3, 1777; discharged July 16, 1780.
Evidence complete.

15 650
Thomas Eastman
Print
2 years
J B Bp Hacen Hill New Hampshire

BRIEF in the case of of
Old Bear Thomas Estlin in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 16 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     In 1770 8 Private Genl. Howe Col. Starks   " 1771 1 " " Hutchins Col. Kelly   " 1772 3 " " " "   " 1773 3 " " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill. Still water & Saratoga Ho  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hopkinton M.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. L. B.
Examining Clerk.

I Elijah Small of Shurton a Pensioner of age serving three years upon & say that in the year month of April 1778 I enlisted into the company of the  United States Continentals troops commanded by Captain Nathaniel Hatching in Col. Joseph Cully's Regiment under General Poor for three years - That at the time I so enlisted Thomas Eastman then or formerly of Hopkinton N.H. now of Bridgewater New Hampshire an Invalid Pensioner who is now making application for a pension under the new act, was doing duty as a soldier in service United States as a year's men at Boston until to the until a short time after I enlisted, when he enlisted for three years as I understood it, or else during the war - That said Eastman was in the same company & troop with me & served therein with me three years - He was wounded in the head in an engagement with the British & was a good soldier -
his Elijah Small Mark
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss Sept. 8-1832 Then said Elijah Small signed the above affidavit & made oath that the same was true
Before me
Jon n 73 life Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Pleas for the county of Grafton do hereby certify that Jonathan Whip Eglin whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is sworn at the time of the execution thereof a justice of the Peace in said county duly authorized to administer oaths, & that I believe that signature purporting to be his to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court This 11 th day of October A.D. 1832 -

I Thomas Eastman formerly of Hopkinton in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hamp- shire now of Holderness in the County of Grafton in said State, having, this first day of June 1818, made application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed or approved 18 th March 1818, do hereby relinquish my claim to every pension heretofore al- lowed me by the laws of the United States.
Executed the day first above mentioned in presence of,
Saban Paddock Ezra Paddock
Thomas Eastman

15630
Thomas Eastman
Yours a Blip Daron Acemoglu M.I.T.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Castman  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? one living witness XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

1914. Apr 17. Trid to Mr. S. W. Eastman - see carbon copy. M.B. II
Rev Wap
8383 INVALID.
File No. 8383
Thomas Eastman
Prin Coll. Harv
Act: June 1 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 102 , Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MBH.
Rev. War Section.
April 17, 1914.
Mr. G. W. Eastman.
R. F. D. # 4,
North Yakima, Wash.
8, 8383
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the ninth instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Joseph Jackson Eastman, and that the only Thomas Eastman found on said records served three years in the New Hampshire troops, was pensioned for wounds sustained at Bemus Heights and died March 25, 1839. He was a resident of New Hampshire, at Holderness in 1818, and at Bridgewater in 1832.
If the above soldier is your ancestor, a full history of his services will be furnished you upon request.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Lee Commissioner.

Valverde Ranch
G. W. EASTMAN
FRUIT FORAGE
R. F. D. NO. 24
NORTH YAKIMA, WASH.,
April 9 th 1914
Department of War
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs My son Fred Eastman Serjent Co. E 2nd Inf N. G. W. wishes to join the Sons of American Revolution to do so he must trace back and have a record of the service of my fathers Grand Father My Father was Caleb Eastman his father was Thomas Eastman who died April 17- 1832 1855 We have a Powder Horn which has Engraved on it his Name and the date Nov 14 1776 Mount Independent This is said to have been made by his father for him While Wounded in camp his name was Joseph or Jackson Eastman We have no family Record farther than Thomas Eastman. Mount Independent is at the foot of Lake George in N. Y. and it is supposed that he served with Gen Stark as our Family lived in Roscawen New Hampshire where I was born My Uncle Abel Eastman Died in the service of the U.S.A at Portsmouth NH after the War of 1812 of Fever We left N.H. in 1862 before the Civil War before the Civil War and have lived on the

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Frontiers of Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota and now in Washington and have given more care to the things that are than the things that were so that with our active life we have not given much thought to those who went before except to revere them as good Patriotic Americans. If you can help us in this matter by your Records or direct us where we may find it out we will be greatly obliged and pay you for your trouble Thanking you in advance
I Remain yours truly
G. W. Eastman North Yakima Wash

11.599 R New Hampshire.
Thomas Eastman
of Holden in the state of New Hamp shire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gilson of the 1 st New Hampshire line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of June 1818 and sent to Ezra Brattle Kennebec County Me
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 18.26 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1818 48. $ 66.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
First payment from Act at $8 per mo. from June 1818 to 4 th March 1819 - 9 mo. 72 3 73 03 Second payment as an annuity at $6. 3 from June 1818 to 4 th March 1819 3 54 77 Diff ce between Invalid Pension from Act of 1818 18.26 paid on 4 th March 1819
N.H. Continental. Oct. 9, 1804 Records completed.
Revolutionary claim - 9 mo. at $8 per mo. 64.00 Semi-annual annuity 2.00

See letter 21 March 1832 to John Bliss.
121 New Hampshire
Thomas Eastman, Private In the army of the Revolution
Inscribed on roll as an Invalid at $3. 75 per mo: increased to $6 by Law 24 April 1816. Increased Law 18 March 1818 to $8. per mo. Stricken from roll as Old Pensioner under Law of 1 st May, 1820 on the 10 th July 1820 and re-inscribed on roll as an Invalid under said Law on the 13 th Jan y 1821
Reinstated as an Invalid at $6 per mo: Comr. S. H. March, 1820.
Certificate issued 13 Jan y 1821 Sent to Hon: William L. G. Sullivan Member House of Rep s U.S.
Am d from 4 mo: 1820 to 9 March 1821. . . . . $72.

Thomas Eastman
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portsmouth
New Hampshire at the Branch Bank U.S.
Brook

Rev War Dept. Public July 15 1821 War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Thomas Eastman late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 6th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards
in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

3298 ✓ Thomas Eastman
Thomas Eastman
Ezra Bartlett, Juge.
Haverhill, A. H.
Rec. Feb. 17. 1819.
Thomas Eastman private
Colonel Gilley's Regt. New Hampshire line
1776 - 3 years
Admitted

State of New Hampshire
SS  Grafton , ss.
On this first day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County said district , personally appeared Thomas Eastman aged 62 years, resident in Holderness in the said County  district , who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Thomas Eastman enlisted in December 1776 in the state of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Hutchinson of the first New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Gilley , in the New Hampshire line for three years ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of December 1779 , when he was discharged from service in Albany state of New York , that he was in the battles of Dennis' Heights, Monmouth & Newtown and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Eastman did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support
June first 1818.
Ezra Bartlett
N.B. This man is now on the pension list.

Thomas Eastman Esq.
Hon. Nathan Dismore member of Congress Washington City

Holderness December 15th 1826
Dear Sir, Permit me to solicit your assistance in procuring a continuance of my pension from the United States, I was placed on the pension list in 1795 in consequence of a wound received in the Revolutionary war, in which I served upwards of seven years and at the Battle with Burgoyne I was in H. Vail's Regiment, and was wounded and continued to draw pension as an invalid until Congress passed an act on the 18th March 1818, for the relief of revolutionary officers and soldiers at which time I tendered the documents I did not and was placed on the pension list as a Revolutionary soldier. By an act of Congress of May 1, 1820, certain things therein mentioned were required to be done to continue the Revolutionary claim, considering my advanced circumstances and my advanced age in like which is likely to prove, and that according to the provisions of my age I have but a few days at most to stay on Earth, think proper to refer to my invalid pension, as provided in the act of 1, May 1820, inasmuch if you will procure me a renewal of my just pension and make the arrangements that I may draw a pension you will be relieving an old worn out soldier and will the cause of humanity. I am Sir with due respect your obedt Servant Henry A. Livermore Thomas Eastman